the cream, the bone, the white, the off-white, the ivory or the beige?

Nothing to do with Richie Benaud's jacket (or the cricket - best not to mention the cricket in the house!), but everything to do with my hallway. I actually bought gorgeous red paint and was all ready to go when I had an attack of the "beige". It probably came from too many people saying things like ... a dark colour will make the space look smaller/darker/"interesting"(and we all know this word can be code for: revolting!). Decisions, decisions ...

Thoughts?